The High Court on Wednesday directed the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) and the police to initiate action against religious institutions using loudspeakers in violation of norms.
The Water Resources Department will soon open up select stretches of irrigation channels in the State for installation of canal-top solar panels to generate power.
Mining baron Tapal Ganesh demanded on Wednesday that action should be taken against all mining companies named in the 2011 report of former Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde.
Conservation efforts have become imminent due to increasing human presence on both sides of the river and due to the threat of hunting by Bangladeshi immigrants.
Manipal, June 23, 2015, DHNS: Urban Development Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake said State government had released Rs 2.5 crore to tackle monsoon-related menace.